We are advertising a PhD project investigating tropical forest succession with me @TheDentLab, @l_banin and David Burslem. With opportunities to work in beautiful tropical forests in Malaysia and Panama...
@IapetusDTP@StirBES
https://t.co/UHAXlV9KN9
Photo: Christian Ziegler
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Boris Johnson 10point UK plan for "green industrial revolution" is out
by 2030
🚗petrol/diesel ban
🌬️40GW offshore
🔋"aim" for 5GW hydrogen
🏭4 CCS clusters
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⚛️£ for big/small nuclear
🏠heat pump target, retrofit £
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Is it a lot? ✅
Enough for net-zero? ❌
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1/5 #TropiCon20 Hi all! Want to know why blood feeding leeches are great🩸? With iDNA from tiger leeches we assess mammal diversity across different forests types in Sabah Borneo 🌳🌴🌲. So how do we do it and what do we find? 👇
NEW | Interactive: What is the climate impact of eating meat and dairy? @daisydunnesci@tomoprater @joegoodman94
This is the first article in Carbon Brief’s week-long series on food and climate change…
https://t.co/V32MysCYRy
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There'd be worldwide outcry if the global economy dropped by 68%. We need the same level of urgency for the world's wildlife.
#ExtinctionTheFacts#Extinction
We are thrilled to announce our first ever Twitter conference, #TropCon20, will take place this year on the 5-6th of November, in partnership with @BESConservation!
Abstract submission is now open! https://t.co/GveBte0dn5
Great day today exploring Rodborough Common and Swellshill bank - happy to see my first Adonis and Chalk Hill Blues of the year! #butterfly#nature@savebutterflies
Students working on #mammals in the UK, please drop me a line if you want to share your research through the @Mammal_Society student #blog - no strings attached, just promoting hardworking students and your great research 😁 🦊 Please RT #ScienceTwitter
Our new #tech4wildlife virtual series begins next week! The WILDLABS Tech Tutors are here to tackle all the "how do I do that?" questions of conservation tech. Every Thursday, our Tech Tutor will present a 20min tutorial + 10min Q&A session. Learn more: https://t.co/QxlWvXpjh5
@emma_muench The Tapir’s Morning Bath by Elizabeth Royte is an excellent read about fieldwork in Panama if you’re looking for another book about tropical forests! The author works with a bunch of researchers over months living at a field station and gains real insight into what they study.
Using a linear mixed model? Read Göran Arnqvist's discussion of how to ensure you are structuring your model correctly to avoid pseudoreplication, out online now https://t.co/SryhjoxxW6
(Suppl. Mat contains example code)
The highlight of #BES2019, @YellowBuckeye’s talk revealing how a two day ice storm in May 1774 had impacts on tree growth and forest dynamics in the USA for the next 200 years!! 🌲🌳